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International Law Research Guide: Home

A research guide to help researchers locate and understand public and private international law resources.

Guide Overview

This guide includes links to many of the best websites for finding information about international law. It leads you to a basic definition of international law and covers both private and public international law.

This research guide also describes how to find books and articles on international law and provides links to some of the best international law research guides published by other scholars.

Contents
Basic Reference Tools
 - Reliable online sources of international law principles  
Sources of International Law - Understand what counts as international law
International Legal News and Blogs - Find a Topic
Analysis of International Law - Conduct in depth research
      International Privacy, Security & Cyber Law - Conduct in depth research by topic
Treaties - Understand what treaties are and learn to find them
International Law Courts - Find cases in international courts; Understand theory of International Court procedure
Writings of Publicists - Find reliable scholarly articles on international law topics
State Practice - A few sources that compile State Practice; Some examples of sources of evidence of state practice for different countries and IGOs.
Soft Law - What counts as law when there's no clear treaty or other obvious source of law
International Law Research Guides - Guides from other institutions
Scholarly Legal Writing - Learn how to write a scholarly legal paper

If you have any questions on your research:

  • Email Dean Deane, Foreign, Comparative and International Law Librarian.
  • Email Vincent Moyer, Int'l & Foreign Law Librarian.
  • Visit the 4th floor Library Reference Desk

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